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The Netherlands and Germany have taken a big step towards combining their armed forces with the integration of the last Dutch brigade into the German army, NRC reported on Thursday. The 13th Light Brigade, based in Oirschot, will come under the command of Germany’s 10 Panzer Division, creating an infantry with a combined strength of 50,000 troops. The total manpower of both countries’ armed forces is 89,000, of whom 24,000 are Dutch. [...] It would represent the closest partnership between two countries in Nato and is part of a large-scale restructuring of the German army, which is due to take effect on April 1. Jean-Paul Duckers, the Netherlands’ acting commander of operations, told NRC: ‘Many people don’t realise how unique what we are doing is.’

Dutch lessons on Youtube :) 

I would like to introduce to you one of my favourite Youtubers who teaches Dutch in her videos. Her name is Lidewij and she posted a lot of easy-to-follow Dutch grammar, conversation and general knowledge as well as culture. 

She was only 19 when she made this video but I believe she's now 21 and, according to her vlogs, she's currently an exchange students studying Linguistics in the US. 

Her English is very good and she explains most of the main points beginners have to learn and these really help me, especially in the pronunciation part. Unfortunately, she doesn't make much videos now (her latest one is 11 months ago) which I presume she's busy with her study but I hope she will one day come back and make more videos! 

Het regent zonnestralen  :) 

I was listening to many Dutch songs the other day (for the first time!) and came across this song : Het regent zonnestralen by Acda en de Munnik 

I’m not really sure what’s the song about but i do know that I really like the word “Zonnestralen” since the moment i saw and heard it. I checked a dictionary and it means sunbeams / sun ray , correct?  I like how it pronounced as well as its meaning :)